jenius

Well I'm no proponent of idolizing Yamato, I just think that the blonde guy and making it two-seats was a pretty pivotal part of the OVA. In this particular instance I think it was a bit obvious of a suggestion to think it took some forum clamoring to make it happen. If I see the toy though and it's clear it's an after-thought they pinned on I'll be much more likely to agree with you. I don't doubt that forums have some influence, I just think that influence is far more likely to be related to "look, our customers keep complaining about this part breaking" or something like that. Or maybe "There seems to be a lot of demand for this product." Design tweaks, especially after prototypes are making rounds, aren't likely to be something I would think we could play much of a hand in. Now, if they released a prototype, it was widely scorned, so it got scratched, that might be something we help with. I wonder if that's what happened with the 1/100 VF-0? Back on subject... GIFT SETS!!!! C'mon Yamato, give us some sort of break by letting us buy multiple purchases together.

I think that's very wise of you. If I had to choose between the LVII armor and this armor though I would definitely go with this armor. While this armor doesn't quite look like it'd go great with any particular valk the LVII armor actually seems to clash with some VF-1s. Basically, if you don't have an LVII or you don't really dig the way the GBPII looks on a stealth, there's just really no good reason to get the GBPII armor. The problem with the Stealth in this armor would be the hands. IMHO the hands have to match the valk inside. If the hands are gray or white they won't go with a black stealth well. Has someone made black GBP hands yet for Stealth owners? I think they should make a black GBP at some point to go with the Stealth 'cause it'd also look sharp on all the white DYRL paint schemes. While I do prefer canon schemes to non-canon, I would be more than happy to buy a VF-1S in a non-canon scheme that pairs well with this offering.

Thanks! You know, I forgot I also have the VF-1A Angelbirds and that's sitting naked at the moment as well... I think that thing looks better nekked though too! Man, I really hope we're about to hear about a new VF-1 Release (crossing fingers for gray TV Focker VF-1S)

This is going to sound insane but I really think they're going to need to release more VF-1s in 1/48 scale because I think all of mine have armor of some sort already attached. Either that or I'm going to have to break down and buy a DYRL paint scheme 1/48 (boo!). 1) Hikaru - GBP 2) Focker - Hikaru's TV Fast Packs 3) Max - TV Fast Packs 4) Miria - TV Fast Packs 5) CF - DYRL Strike Parts 6) Stealth - Stealth Strike Parts 7) LVII - LVII GBP LVI??? Well, I guess this GBP *could* go on the LVI but I like my LVI naked! You know what they should do??? They should release a Gray Focker TV-Stlye VF-1S to go with this GBP!

Couldn't the Shin and CF be exactly the same plane if Yamato had just included like 4 more stickers on the sticker sheet and another pilot figure? I'd think that'd be the way to go. Hopefully in order to get Shin you do need to buy the Ghost, I think that'd keep some of the CF purchasers from feeling mislead.

Wha?? How do you figure? You think because a few members made the obvious "it'd be nice if the blonde guy was there too" they went and did that?? I think if a few members here did that there were probably some truly diehard Yamato designers who had thought of it long before we even knew a 1/60 YF-19 was coming.

Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, this is just a display at a show. It doesn't mean they're definitely releasing a Shin variant yet (it just seems likely now). They might have just made the mock up to help sell the Ghost or something though. -

Pardon my ignorance, but what's the thing just before the blur also? LOL, I wonder if the thing behind the blur isn't G-rated from the looks of the girlies on the right. Man, maybe I'm collecting the wrong thing!

If they do release a giftset with both and a new pilot I'm all over that.

They fit the nerd in the back of the YF-19 after all eh?? Is the first edition Garland being shown because they've retrofitted all the fragile areas??

Upward trend in prices, downward trend in supply. SQUEEZE. They should get in the habit of accompanying new releases with gift sets so we can buy both simultaneously and get some sort of a break.

Good stuff, you certainly draw better than i do. From a mech preference standpoint, I've always been a bigger fan of having the pilot concealed within the armor.

Focker's dead, there's not much story left to tell. We do get some more in MacZero though and that was nice. We get what we need about Max & Milia in Mac7 also. So basically, Hikaru, Misa, and Minmay are the only real untold stories and Minmay is a civilian singer so there's probably not much of a story there to tell. Now, what happened to Hik and Misa could be cool but I accepted long ago that they were just gone so i could live with something completely new.

Some places give you a week to return for store credit and anyone who complains enough and makes a big enough stink always gets some sort of preferential treatment just to shut them up and to keep them buying their games from that particular store. We have lots of options, having the best service helps.

The VF-0S being shoddy in its first release and the VF-0A being such an improvement is the only thing comforting me right now in my need to wait. Sigh, I guess my YF-19 purchase probably won't be until the end of next year considering Yamato still hasn't issued as second edition VF-0S and I've been waiting for that so I can finally purchase one.

No one "deserves" it but that guy is definitely an idiot.

Ah yes, I had forgotten those. I think they're also on the Bandai toy so i should have remembered. Needless to say, I'm no fan of that alternate Gerwalk. I always thought a big part of the reason for having a Gerwalk was to be flexible in where you were aiming your weaponry but still utilizing some of the advantages of a full flight mode... the VF-17's Gerwalk seems to be going for something different.

I find the SV-51 pretty equally hideous. I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, lots of people love it, I just find the cut off crotch, strange head, and overall thin design to be a put-off. I do agree with everyone about the leg holster being a bit of a stretch. Isn't that part of the reason the VF-17 has the odd GERWALK mode or was it simply because they needed to keep the arms pointed backward to give it a means of forward propulsion?

Ah, I see on Neova's site that he's expecting the YF-19 to be in short supply. That might explain why more people aren't trying to make a buck off these. Sigh... Yamato is really killing us on the supply side and keeping the prices jacked way up. I guess I'll just be patient and keep playing with my vintage stuff.

Where'd all the ol' MW retailers go? We used to be able to find better deals on MW than by just surfin' the web from MW members in Hong Kong and thereabouts. Am I mistaken? I would have expected Seiichi, BlackAces, Samurai Monkey, and Neova to be trying to get our cash but I don't see a peep anywhere I'd rather go through one of them (uh, not so much Seiichi at the moment ) than HLJ.

nevermind.

Yep, if I'm not mistaken the inspiration was actually a US competition to decide which manufacturer would make the next Navy jet (or something similar) and I believe that competition was held at Edwards in California. I'm sure one of the members knows exactly which planes were involved. That said, SK certainly could have developed his story over many years and while the inspiration may have been an event before Top Gun he may have found some inspiration in Top Gun also. Then again, he may have no idea what Top Gun is.

LOL, yeah, I don't have enough free time to play video games right now but last year I definitley could have used that. I currently spend 60-80 hours a week in my office. I have web access now so I get to harass you MWers but man, I can't imagine what it would be like to start immersing myself in a new Zelda game. Crap, I was about 40 hours into DragonQuest VIII when my life started to get this crazy and now I don't even remember where I left off . Some day I'll play video games again... and by then the blah launch titles will have come and gone, the crowds will be gone, and I'll be able to pick up everything used for half price . Until then, I will diligently work and be jealous of y'all. Is the Gamecube version of Twilight out? I'd love to see someone compare the two versions.

I gotta imagine there are some huge threads already existing on this subject. They were probably before I showed up here though. My take on things: Mac+ is very pretty but it's pretty much all filler. It doesn't do anything for Macross as a universe. It doesn't introduce characters I'd ever wonder about again. It doesn't help flush out the backstory to the universe at all. It's there and it's entertaining but the only thing that really grabs you (this was far more true when it first came out) are the visuals. Still, it does get kudos for never being outrightly annoying or having any excessively outlandish plot moments.